Dear Mr President

You let us down yesterday. Yes you're hip and you're cool. The nation waited with baited breath for you to appear on Jay Leno.

All that charm, all that charisma, so witty. Dazzling smile, so confident. Until...

The dreaded slur againt Special Olympics....all that charisma and charm gone in a split second....and in it's place....Ugliness. Yes Mr President you were ugly.

It's time to take off the shiney armor, put the white steed in the barn and plant your butt in the Oval office. Open your mouth only when you can tell us you've cleaned up the banking system, created new jobs,the auto industry is solvent and the trillions of dollars of debt has been reduced. Otherwise....less is more.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!

For the life of me, I cannot believe I have a child who is 26 yrs old!! Of course I had him when I was 8......I was precocious.....

He is a good kid, always has been. Today he's in Chicago, touring around. They went to Notre Dame to watch UNO play hockey.

A couple of my friends had lunch yesterday, one just had a baby 6 months ago and the other is 3 months pregnant and they were asking me about finding out if my first two were boys or girls. I was like ummm...they didn't do ultra sounds back then unless they were sure you were having problems. I never had an U/S until Alex. I was never offered an amnio (which I wouldn't have done and I'm not even sure they did those either)or any other type of testing. So my first two were suprises. It was fun that way....I guess Alex was a surprise too..only not with sex, just with number of chromosomes!

I don't need to worry about Matt getting all crazy on his birthday in Chicago, getting stupid drunk and not finding his way home. He'll enjoy the sites and go back to the hotel, sober and knowing where he is. It's nice to have one kid that isn't a worry!!!

Updates on Emma Sage and Elliot

Emma Sage is home and the docs believe it's all viral...no cancer! Praise the Lord! Emma's family is grateful for your thoughts and prayers!

Elliot was sent home, but is not doing well. He may be headed to Children's hospital in Omaha. So the family could use your continued prayers!

Prayers Needed!

For two very dear friends of ours.

The first one is Emma Sage. She is in the hospital and they are still running tests. They have used the nasty "C" word, but we are all just very sure it's not that at all!!

The second is sweet Elliot. He is also in the hospital with pneumonia. He was scheduled for surgery on Friday to have his gallbladder removed, but this illness has postponed it.

Thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts! I know their mommies and daddies are very worried and would appreciate it!

A Lazy Saturday

Boy that sounds like I'm laying around, eating bon bons and watching re-runs of Oprah.....but in my reality it means I'm doing laundry at my own pace and filling in the gaps with Facebook!

Not much going on around here. Last week I had the stomach flu and Alex managed a sinus/eye infection combo. We're both on the mend now. My dad also landed in the hospital and required two stents! He's doing fine now, btw.

Next week we meet with a psychologist regarding Alex's behavior (we have to meet with him first, before we see a psychiatrist). It has gone downhill again and has become a PITA for us. As much as I don't want to medicate him anymore, it's obvious he cannot be without something. He is so impulsive, distruptive and down right defiant. School complains, daycare complains and we complain. We can't go anywhere as a family because his behavior is so bad, it's not worth the aggrevation and nasty stares we get. I'm tired of being a prisoner of my own home, where Alex's behavior isn't much better, but at least we can put him to bed without strangers staring at us with distain.

Tonight is Parent's Night Out with our DS Parent's group. Looking forward to it. They provide sitting so we can enjoy adult time. We sure need it! I do pity the sitters though (see above paragraph) but if they keep him playing, he'll be fine.